This week’s updates include an NCD for single chamber and dual chamber permanent cardiac pacemakers; a Medicare Compliance Review of Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Inc., for 2011 and 2012; and more!
This week’s updates include changes to the laboratory NCD edit software for January 2016, medical record signature requirements, and more! Click here to read all of this week’s updates.
This week’s updates include the October 2015 update of the ASC payment system; postpayment review requirements; and more! Click here to read all of this week’s updates.
This week’s updates include: Claims processing Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) policy and procedures regarding ongoing responsibility for medicals (ORM); Maintenance and update of the temporary hook created to hold OPPS claims that include certain drug HCPCS codes; and more!
One of the biggest challenges to the provider community, including hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAH), is keeping up to date with current regulatory requirements, particularly when it comes to rules on coverage, coding, billing, and payment for services provided to beneficiaries under federal healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. For those of you who have taken one of our hospital or CAH Medicare Boot Camps, you probably remember discussing this early during the week, when we identified the major official sources of authority on Medicare rules, as well as some tips about how to efficiently keep yourselves up to date.
Mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry are often decided upon and negotiated by C-suite staff with involvement from security and IT professionals. However, significant security implications must be considered by both parties prior to, during, and after a merger or acquisition.
